Issuing and recording trade-check-credit machine



Nov. 6, 1928. 1,690,874

W. W. OSBORNE ISSUING AND RECORDING TRADE CHECK CREDIT MACHINE Original Filed July 10, 1920 5 Sheets-Shet 1 Nov. 6, 1928.

W. W. OSBORNE ISSUING AND RECORDING TRADE CHECK CREDIT MACHINE 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Original Filed July 10, 920

ATTORNEY.

Nov. ,6, 1928.

W. W. OSBORNE ISSUING AND RECORDING TRADEJCHECK CREDIT MACHINE Original Filed July 10. 1 2 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR- ATTORNEY.

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Original Filed July 10, 1920 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 ATTORN Nov. 6, 1928. 1,690,874

. w. w. OSBORNE ISSUING AND RECORDING TRADE CHECK CREDIT MACHINE Original Filed July 10. 1920 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Nov. 6, 1 9 28 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE.

WILEY w. OSBORNE, or CINCINNATI, 'OIfCIO, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE As- SIGNMENTS, TO THE OSBORNE CREDIT MACHINE COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO,

A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

IssUI G AND RECORDING TRADE-CHECK-CREDIT MACHINE.

Application flled July 10,1920, Serial No. 395,220. Renewed August a, 1928f By way or explanation, that the application of my invention might be, made clearto all, I will'talie as example a'coal mine oilice'and comn'iissary, whichis only oneof the several .1 industries that might employ the use of my unachine togreat advantage. 1

As coal .mines are usually situated along lines of railroads some distance from towns and cities, the coal company maintains a 10 camp, consisting of suflicient housin facilities for its employees, together with acoal 7 company, store or commissary 'suihciently large to supplyits employees with all the necessaries of life. theiremployees twice a month, but as soon as ao man has started towork and gets some time to his credit in the ofiice, of the company, he can/go to that ofiice and get scrip for any desired amount not exceeding his credit on Y the payroll, and then take this scrip to the coal companys commi-ssary' and exchange it formerchandisein amount equivalent tothe lacevalue oi the scrip. i

This scrip is merely'an order in the form of what is. known as a paper punch-out check, card punclrout, coupon scrip or other similar scrip. The amount traded is the amount punched out of the scripor'tornoifin coupons. The amount of scrip, drawn by the employee is deducted from his credit on the payroll. c l t i To avoid the continuous expense of paper scrip, which can onlybeused .once and to eliminate so much 'work on the part of the bookkeeper in issuing andposting from stubs ofscrip checks, etc, to the ledger or payroll in individual amounts, and to protect him i I filCQS, I eXpectto use in my inachme metaltrade check or token or a similar hard substance, whichis' issued in certain denomina at the ofiiccof the company, the store hating a supply of smaller denomina tions for change making. This metallic token becomes a circulating medium between store and ofiice, and an objectof my inventicn to provide a means for-issuing and re cordir' same meclian'ically. This invention i c ates to a new credit system which is emii in the token or trade check issuing and machine which is hereinafter de- A. tor the machine hasbeen charged Mostcoal companies pay and month.

or filled with tokens or similar trade checks of different denominations,representing diil'er ent values inmerchandlse at the store ofthe" issuing company, the operator by the pulling chine simultaneously making the correct charge on the companys record card and 011 the employees or customersstoppage card (which he usually holds in evidence of the" amount of tokens that'hedra'ws from time to time). This card also serves as identification or authorization for members of his family or others whom he may send to the oilice' for tokens, the machine running up totals to show the amount of business for the day v The daily total shows business for the day and the monthly totalis used principally in verifying the total postings from the record cards to theledger orpayroll at the end of the month or hall month. The monthly registering mechanism should agree at all times with the total of credit charged on the record cards. Thus if the individual totals on the cards are transferred correctly from cards toledger, the grand total on the ledger will agree with the monthly total. Although this machine is capable of use in'all stores or places of business where credit is extended to ing arranged in nun'ierical order, enables the perator when an employee presents stoppage card and asks for a certain amount of credit, to instantly remove the corresponding ledger car from the rack, insert the two in the machine, back to back, and pull a lever reprethe amount desired, thus completing the operation of issuing the tokens.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof, I have exemplified preferred forms of my apparatus; but as I am aware that various changes and modifications may be made therein within the scope of my invention and without departing from the spirit thereof, I desire to be limited only by the scope of said claims.

Referring to the drawings Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the machine embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a detail plan View showing ejectors, tubes, locking lever and card receptacle taken substantially onlines v Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section through the machine, showing operating levers, ratchet rack and pawls for compelling complete stroke of said levers in both directions, indicating mechanisms and actuating pawls thereto; and connections with means for tripping or throwing pawls, actuating rods connected with and operating the printing mechanism taken substantially on lines Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section of the left hand side of the machine showing the typing or printing mechanism and means for actuating the ribbon lifting shaft by toggle joint, lifting arm and'loclring lever taken subt-ially on lines Fig. 5 is a detailed plan view showing the ribbon mechanism, printing mechanism, locking device and detail indicating or counting mechanisms taken substantialiy on Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal section, with the lower portion broken away, showing part of the operating levers, the locking device, and means for tripping the pawls controlling movement of rods connected with and actuating the printing mechanism; the card recep tacle, the locking lever, the lifting shaft carrying the ribbon idler and ribbon, actuated by a toggle joint on the lower end of the locki g lever, the upper portion of the machine being partly broken away to show the mounting oi the ejectors and trade check tubes ta zen substantially on lines 66;

Fig. 7. is a sectional side view of the ribbon mechanism Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the date line regulator for the cards;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a locking lever with push button Fig. 9v is a plan view of a stoppage, record or ledger card;

Fig. 10 is a detail plan view of the tripping lever, spring lever, and latching pawls mounted on the shafts or rods which actuate the printing mechanism, the tripping lever,

spring lever,springs and latching pawls 1 ing as a governor to the printing mechanism and insuring a deep, clear printing on the cards.

My invention is embodied in the machine illustrated in the accompanying drawings and consists in a series of sub-mechanisms which cooperate in producing the desired results and which are atoken storing and ejecting mocha nism, a card record printing mechanism, an operating mechanism for the ejecting and printing mechanisms, and indicator mechanisms for showing daily and monthly totals of accounts. The token storing and ejecting mechanism is contained within two portions 16 and 17 of the casing of the machine, the card record printing mechanism being contained within a portion 18 of the casing and the operating mechanism being contained within a portion 19 of the casing with the daily and monthly registering mechanisms located within the respective portions 20 and 21 of the casing. This casing consisting of the portions just enumerated, is mounted on a base 22 containing a drawer 23 for the placing therein of record books, tokens, etc. The storing portion of token storing and eyecting mechanism consists of a serles of tubes 24 which terminate at their upper ends in a series of slots25 which have indicators 26 for the indication of the denominations of the tokens located in the different tubes. The lower ends of the tubes are closed by ates 27 upon which the stacks of tokens local rd therein rest. At the rear of each tube a slot 28 is provided for the entrance therein or a tongue 29 formed integrally with its one of a series of ejeotors 30 extending into portion 17 of the casing and pivoted on a vertical pin 8llocated therein. The lower ends of the tubes 24; are stepped with relation to one another so that the ejectors 30 are located beneath each other, a short sleeve 32 being located upon the pivotpin 31 between each pair of ejectors for holding them apart. The token ejected from each tube upon the entrance therein of its one of the tongues 29, passes through a slot 33, at the front of each tube and drops onto an inclined chute 34: which leads to a small scoop or basin 35 which projects beyond the casing 19 so that the coin may be removed by hand.

The record printing mechanism which ooperates with the token storing and eject g mechanism which I have ust described is located within the portion 18 of the casing as has been'previously stated, and is pro.

vided with a card receiving receptacle 36 which extends downwardly within thecasing and is adapted to receive a card holder 37, such as shown in Fig. 8. This holder passes readily between the sides of the receptacle 3 6 and has its upper ends 38 and 39 extending above the receptacle for lifting the holdcr therefrom. The holder is ar 'anged to re ceive a card -10 adapted to contain the record of the party whose name appears on the card. A bar 41 which is retained in various adjusted positions between the branches of the holder, is provided for supporting the card in the different positions of elevation ent days of the month upon which the card I with bar 44 and finger 48 being preferably is used for recording the record'of' tokens ssued by the mach ne upon the dlfferent days. The holder as well as the card, bears a series of numbered spaces corresponding to the dates on which the card is used. Preferably the card is of a width substantially equal to one-half ofthe space between the branches of the holder so that it may be slipped back and forth. Adjustment of bar 41 between the branches of holder 37.is afforded by means of a series ofeserrations as shown in Fig. 8. Extendingacross the bottom of the receptacle 36 a curved bar 42 is secured, this bar having pivoted thereon at intervals a sericsof pairs of type bar-s43 and 44, the upper ends of which are at right angles to the body of the bars and have nu incrical type characters 45 thereon as shown. in Fig. 5. The curvature of bar 42 and the general arrangement of typebars 43 and 44 is such that regardless of which pair of bars is operated, they will always strike within an aperture 46 centrally located adjacent to the top of the receptacle 36; Each pair of,

type bars has a depending, pair of fingers 4 and 48, finger 47 being preferably integral integral with'bar 43. Between the fingers 47 and 48 are a pair of levers 49 and 50.which are pivoted at their lower ends on a stand ard 51 and which are adapted to be moved apart to throw the type bars toward one an other as shown in dottedline'sin Fig. To

move each pair of levers 49' and apart, I have provided a series of shafts 5:2, 54, 55, and 56 in the end of each of whicharpin 57 is located between the levers 49 and 50 so that when the shaft is rocked the pin will be moved toward horizontal position to force the levers apart and thus cause; the type bars to move toward one anotherinto printhereinafter.

ing position as shown by dotted lines in Fig.

4-. in order to rock the shafts 52 to 56, in

elusive, the mechanism which is also em ployed foroperatingthe ejectors is'used, a,

detailed description of which will be given In order to give an inked impression of the type on the recordcard located within the receptacle 36 at the time the type bars are movedto makethe impresvided an inked ribbon 58'Wh1Cli is like a typewriter ribbon and which is reeled upon spools 59 and 60 which are pivotally mounted on pins 61 and 62 on brackets 63 and 64 secured to the inner wall of the casing 18. A

series ofrollers 65, 66 and 67 is provided for carrying the ribbon along each side of the receptacle 36, guides 68, 69, 70 and '71 being provided on the receptacle for holding,

the ribbon against the sides thereof. Roller 66 is pivotally mounted upon a pin 72 having a curvelinear motion as shownin dotted lines in Fig. 6. This pin is provided at. its lower end with a roller 7 3 which rests against a curved lever arm 74 pivoted at its rear end 7 5 at the lower end of a bracket 76. A link 77 is connected at its forward end to lever 74 and at its rear to the lower end of a pecued to hold its toothed end into engagement with a series of ratchet teeth 86 on the under surface of spool 59. After operation of the pawl 83 has causedreel 59 to roll up all of theeribbon which has been, unreeled from reel 60, a pin 87 which has a short pin 88 projecting above pawl 83, is depressed by means of knob 89 on pin 87, thereby permitting the reel 59 to be freed so that the rib bonmay be wound-upon the opposite spool.

To retain lever 78 in the normal position shown in Fi g. 4, I have provided a spring 90. The action of lever 74 by link 77 and lever 78 is to cause pin 72 to be raised, thus bringing ribbon 58 over apertures 46 so that the type may cause an inked impression from the ribbonupon thecards' located in the holder 36. Cooperating with the lower end of lever T 8 is a lever 91 pivoted between its ends in a bracket 92 secured to an interme diate wall 93 ofthe casing. This lever 91 is provided at its forward end with a cam shaped edge 91 (Fig. 5) for cooperation with thelower endof lever '28 (Fig. 6). The rear end of lever 91 (Figs; 5 and 6) lies ad acent to a pin92 on a shiftable bar 93 (Fig. the function of which will be hore-- inafter more fully explained. An added feature which will also be hereinafter explained is the provision of a tongue 94 on lever 78 l ig, 6) "and which extends through open ings in thewalls of the card receptacle 36.

In order to operate the ej'ectors 29, I have provided a seriesof levers 96 pivoted on a raft 97 at the bottom of the casing and exten .ngz upwa dly with fingers 98 engaging the ends-of the ejectors 29. These levers are L vided with forwardly extending arms 99 wlich project through the front of the por tion 19 of the casing as shown in Fig.1, and .h are provided with upturned handles he purpose of drawing them forward. 1 of each of these levers will cause e ejectors to eject a token from one of the tubes with which it is in cooperative relation. A device which I have provided for assuring a complete open each of the levers. 96 has been provided and consists in forming on each lever a fcrwardly extending lug 101 (Fig. 3) upon which is a triangular shaped double toothed pawl 102 which is pivoted at a point 103 ltd) has a spring 107 at its forward end for holding it into engagement with triangular pawl 102 so that the lev 1' may occupy one or the other of the notches in bar 106 which determines the effective position of said double toothed pawl. Secured to the back of the casing 18 a iorwardly pro3ect-1ng rack 108 for each of the lerers 96. Upon each of the e racks a series of ratcl'iet teeth 109 are form d and are inclined in one direction anc 1 cent to these teeth another so "ies 11" is and extends in the opposite direct 110 are provided for the cooperat with of the tooth 101 while tooth 105 cooperates with teeth 109, when pawl is r ked. Each of the lGYGlS 96 is proviced flange 111 on one side 01 the edge, this flange being adapted to o-'iup (Fig; in the locking bar so that t. bar is shifted in its bearin 3 by i it will be moved against the tension or taining spring 11% so that its locking will free the levers to permit any one or to be moved. Coil springs 116 are provider on the shaft 93' between the levers 96 a connected therewith as to retain the in their retracted positions.

Carrying the shafts 52 to 56, incl 3 Sand 6) are a series of bearings 1 '7, i 9 120 and 121 located bencaththe card le 30, as well as a series of bearin 12%, 125 and 126 supporting the op =e ends 01" the shafts and located adjacent s Each of the shafts 52 to in 'e, carries upon one side of 1 s one of "'h 122 to 126,1nclus1ve, a loosely mounted cran k 12, which is connected atits upper end with a connecting rod 128 hav'ng )ivotal connection with its one of the lovers 3?; at a point 1 0 thereon. Each crank 12]" is provided with a pin 130 which engages the hooked rear end 131 of a cam 132 secured to each oi the shafts 52 to 56, inclusive, on the opposite side of the bearing from the cram;

12?. Pivotally mounted on each bearing in front of cam 182 is dog 133 which l notched end in engagement with the tooth forward end 131 of each cam 132. Each d is provided with a spring 1;)? into engagement with its earn 182. of the shafts 52 to 56, inclusive, is secured an arm 136 to the end of which is attached a spring 13? which has its lower end secured to the base of the machine; The action 0' this s. t a ,4211 .0 if spring is 0 cause its one d1 c116 Shall. to ac rotated quickly through an arc of a circle when the cam 132 is released by having its dog 138 lifted therefrom by the cooperating pin 130 on crank 12?. Inasmuch as each oi? the shafts 52 to 56,1nclusrve, 18 connected with ture 416 in the receptacle.

record printing mechanism previously described, the printing mechanism will be released as will be hereinafter set forth.

In order that the daily totals created by the actuation of the 1 iachine, may be registered, I have provided a series of countingmechanisms 158 (Figs. 3 and 5) which are each actuated by a pawl on a link 1-10 attached to each is 'el' 90. The construction of these registe meclianisms need not be described as they are already well known. The indicatit is made by these mechanisms are rendered ble through sight apertures 1 11 in portion the casing. A series 01 devices 112 for the monthly totals is similarly actueans oi a pawl arm 113 attached to e levers 95. This series of devices is "hin portion 21 ot' the casing and ratio therel y are visible through i 195 11-1 in portion 21. 1e ope cion of my improved machine is follows: The bookkee er or storekceper in who oliice or store the machine is located, A Ior the employee or customer a record card such as shown in Fig. 9 and at the same time prepares duplicate card for his own use. This duplicate card is kept by the bookkeeper in a rack adjacent to the machine so that when the customer comes into the oilice and presents his card to the bookkeeper, the bookkeeper will remove the duplicate card from the rack. In place of keeping the cards in a separate rack, a filing arrangement in the drawer28 may be utilized, the drawer also being useful in keeping a stock or" new cards and tokens. Having both the cus tomers and his own card in hand the bookkeeper now places the cards back to b: with the titles at the top and places th within the card receptacle 30, the bar the holder 37 having been placed at the beginning of the day in the notches corresponding to the date upon which the customer presented the card to obtain tokens. This permits the cards L0 be moved as one with the proper date line in alinement 'ith the aper- The "ards being of substantially onehalf of the width of the receptacle they may be moved across the receptacle upon bar $1 to bring them into position to have the record of tokens issued printed on them in the proper place. In order to place them in the receptacle the bookkeeper, will have lirst had to push back key 81 thereby removing tongue 9% from aperture 95 of the receptacle 36. The cards having been placed'in the receptacle the key 81 is released thereby allowing the tongue 9% to press against the cards, thus retaining them in printing position regardless of their elevation. The act of pushing the key 81 back causesthe lower portion of lever 78 to be moved toward the trout thereby causing link T7 to first lift and then lower lever arm 74 thereby moving ribbon 58 to dotted line position, F ig. 6, and then to drop it to full line position. This extremerear position of key 81 then permitted unobstructed View of the position of the card through the aperture 16. Having properly positiened the card the bookkeeper releasedthe key andt-hereby permitted tongue 94 to engage the rear face of the hack card in the receptacle. This limited the return movement-of key 81 and consequently stopped the ribbon in the raised clotted line position shown in Fig. 6. A. simultaneously performed function when the key 81 is operated, liesin the unlocking of all the ejector operating-levers 96. This is ac complished bythe passingof the lower end of lever 78 over the cam shaped edge of lever 91, which resultsin moving lever 91 upon its pivot and in pushing against pin 92 of bar 93, which causes the bar to shift against the tension of its spring lltand to remove its locking lugs 115 from the flanges 111 of the ejector operating levers. Incidentally,the i'novement of'key 81 also results in the feed ing-of the inked printing ribbon,53 by causing portion 82 of lever 7 8, to cause pawl 83 to rotate reel; 60 and thus wind up a small amount of ribbonfto present afresh portion thereof to the aperturc46.

The machine, after the above described opcrations have been perforntied, is then in condition foroperation of the levers 96. Inasmuch as the-operationof each of these levers and their connected mechanisms is identical, but one ofthem' and its connected mechanisms will be described- For convenience it will be assumed that-the employee or customer desires the issuance of atoken. of the trade value of five dollars. The bookkeeper then pulls upon handle 100 of the ejector opcrating lever, the finger 98 of whichoperates "the five dollar ejector. This handle lies immediately to the right of the five'dollar indicator as shown in Figs..1 and Forward movement of this finger98 causes the five dollar ejector '30 to be moved upon its pivot31 to bring its ejectingtongue29 through slot 28 of the five dollar tube and; to push the bottom token from the-stack in the tube, through the slot 33 in thefront of the tube and onto the inclined. chrite 3 t overwhich it slides into the hand scoop 35 from which it is removed to be handed to customer. In the forward movement of the lever 96the pawl 104m riding over teeth 110 prevents return movement of the lever-until the forward stroke is finished, thus assuring ejection of the coin and complete operation of the other portions of the mechanism, the operation of which will he described, Upon completion of the forward stroke, the pawl'102 will be reversed and tooth 105 will be placed in operative relation to teeth 109 withtooth 10 1 removed from teeth 110 by said pawl striking against 'a pin under teeth 109 in ratchet rack 108 This assures complete return of lever 96 beforeit can again be drawn forward.

At the same time that lever 96 is operated, the printing mechanism is operated to record the value of the token issued to the employee or customer. This printing of the record is effected in. the following manner upon both the customers and hookkecperscards simultaneously. As the lever 96 moves forwardly, the connecting rod 128 connected therewith tion, Fig. 1, thereby moving levers 419 and apartand causing type bars 43 and 1 1 to be moved rapidly into contact with the inked printing ribbon and resulting in printing upon the cards a record of the fact that a live dollar token hasbeen issued to the re spect-ive employee or customer. Upon return of lever 96 to normal position the pin 30 of crank 127 bears against finger 131 and returns the cam 132 and its connected shaft 52 and pin 57 to normal position against the tension of spring 137. Dog 133, when the lever has completed its return stroke, drops over tooth 134 of cam 132 and holds it until again released. The advantage of a construction having the above described operation is that the printing of the record is always assured in a legible manner whether the lever 96 has been drawn forward rapidly or slowly.

The operation of the daily and monthly registering mechanisms 138 and 142, respectively, is occasioned each time the lever 96 is operated, thus enabling the bookkeeper to check up on the number and amount of the tokens issued. After the operation of the entire mechanism has been completed, the bookkeeper hands the customer the token and the customers card, returning his own duplicate record card to the rack.

Access to the daily and monthly registering mechanisms for resetting same to zero by hand, is provided by a lock and hinged section of the casing forming registering mechanism housing adapted to be unlocked and swung open.

The above described operations are carried out regardless of which one of the handles 100 is pulled. except that each handle causes the operation of a different pair of type bars corresponding to the value of the token ejected and while the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirably adapted to fulfill the objects primarily. stated, it isto be understood that it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form of embodiment herein disclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms, all coming within the scope of the claims.

hat is claimed is:

1. In a trade-check issuing register, a card receptacle adapted to receive two record cards oppositely faced, a setof type bar mounted in back of said receptacle, a st 0 type bars mounted in front of said receptacl corresponding to said set of type bars mounted in back of said'receptacle formingpairs with like type characters facing said card receptacle, depending prongs for said type bars, a spring functioned operating mechanism adapted to swing said type bars on their pivot, bringing type characters toward one another, and means to operate said type bars.

2. In a trade-check credit machine, a card receptacle adapted to receive a date line regulator comprising a substantially U- shaped element with the inner walls of the vertical arms each having a series of corresponding notches and the outer walls having a series of corresponding indicating characters and a laterally detachable and removable cross bar having notched ends adapted to engage the notches of said arms in any ad justed position desired, substantially as set forth and for the purpose specifier.

3. In a trade-check credit machine, a record receiving means support, a set of impression devices on one side thereof, a duplicate set of impression devices on the opposite side thereof, record receiving means in said support, and means for operating both sets of impression devices to make a record on said record receiving means, said receiving means serving as a platen for said impression devices.

4. In a trade-check issuing and recording register, the combination with duplex printing mechanism of an energy storing and releasing mechanism therefor adapted to cause a uniform action thereof, comprising an oscillating shaft with a detentsegment fixed thereon, spring tension means, a detentdog, tripping means therefor provided with means adapted to disengage said detent dog from said detent segment to permit said detent segment and its shaft to yield to said spring tension means, and a lug on said detent segment for engagement with said tripping ble duplicate printing mechanism compris- I ing opposed printing elements and a card receptacle adapted to accommodate two removable cards positioned to receive simultaneously, on opposite faces, inked impressions from said printing elements.

6. In a trade-check credit machine, a card receptacle adapted to hold removable cards, and date-line adjustment means in said receptacle for holding the cards at the proper elevation to receive the inked impression on the desired date-line.

7. In a trade-check credit machine, the combination of duplicate printing mechanism comprising opposed printing elements, an interposed means for holding two removable cards, and adjustment means in said holder for raising or lowering said cards to a proper date line; said cards also being laterally movable in the holder to determine where the printing is to take place.

8. In a trade-check issuing register, a du plex functioning mechanism, a recording mechanism comprising a duplicate set of type adapted to be actuated in'pairs by means of said duplex functioning mechanism, an energy storing mechanism for each of said set of type comprising shafts disposed in standards, tension springs therefor, detent flange segments fixed on said shaft-s, trip dogs mounted on said standards to engage said detent flange segments, bell crank levers loosely mounted on saidshafts with pins to engage lugs on said detent flange segments and trip dogs, connecting links for said bell crank levers and operating keys, means whereby depression of said operating keys causes disengagement of said trip dogs and detent flange segments permitting the shafts to yield to said spring tension imparting a uniform energy to said duplex type functioning mechanism to produce a uniform impact of type, substantially as described.

9. In a trade-check credit machine, check issuing means, a receptacle for holding record-receiving elements with record-receiving faces oppositely presented, record-marking elements to have operations on respective ones of said faces, and means whereby operation of said issuing means causes said oper-- ations of said record-marking elements.

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